The Secret of My Success (1987)
6.5|10 Apr, 1987|111 min
There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.
6.5|10 Apr, 1987|111 min
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Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the company's mail room.
Language
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue $110,996,879
English
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue $110,996,879
Keywords
dual identity
mistake in person
college
success
wealth
Casts
Michael J. Fox
Brantley Foster aka Carlton Whitfield
Helen Slater
Christy Wills
Richard Jordan
Howard Prescott
Margaret Whitton
Vera Prescott
John Pankow
Fred Melrose
Christopher Murney
Barney Rattigan
Gerry Bamman
Art Thomas
Fred Gwynne
Donald Davenport
Carol Ann Susi
Jean
Elizabeth Franz
Grace Foster
Drew Snyder
Burt Foster
Susan Kellermann
Maureen
Barton Heyman
Arnold Forbush
Mercedes Ruehl
Sheila
Ira Wheeler
Owens
Ashley J. Laurence
Vernon S. Fletcher
Rex Robbins
McMasters
Christopher Durang
Davis
MacIntyre Dixon
Ferguson
Bill Fagerbakke
Ron
Jack Davidson
Davidson
John Bowman
Proctor
Jeff Brooks
Executive
Ascanio Sharpe
Executive
Don Amendolia
Executive
Judith Malina
Mrs. Meacham
Mary Catherine Wright
Research Department Clerk
Joseph Ragno
Shipping Executive
Burke Pearson
Fired Executive
Ray Ramirez
Liquor Store Owner
Gloria Irizarry
Wife of Liquor Store Owner
Mark Margolis
Maintenence Man
Rick Aviles
Maintenance Man
John Capodice
Man in KRS Building
Sally-Jane Heit
Woman in KRS Building
Richard Arthur Gallo
Harried KRS Executive
Luis Antonio Ramos
Cuban
Cindy Crawford
Herself (uncredited)
R. Emmett Fitzsimmons
(uncredited)
Elain R. Graham
(uncredited)
London Hall
Secretary (uncredited)
Bruce McGill
W. Shaw (uncredited)
Tatjana Patitz
Herself (uncredited)
Rhoda Robinson
Receptionist (uncredited)
Tucker Smallwood
Executive (uncredited)
Crews
Herbert Ross
Director
Jack Epps Jr.
Screenplay
David Chasman
Executive Producer
Paul Hirsch
Editor
Herbert Ross
Producer
Carlo Di Palma
Director of Photography
Jim Cash
Screenplay
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Unit Production Manager
Stan Gilbert
Supervising ADR Editor
Louis Sabat
Boom Operator
AJ Carothers
Writer
Frank Graziadei
Sound Recordist
Bill Anagnos
Stunts
Louis D'Esposito
Second Assistant Director
Larry Kemp
Sound Editor
James Sabat
Sound Mixer
Lance Guecia
Stunts
Konrad Sheehan
Stunts
William Ward
Gaffer
Tom Gilligan
Dolly Grip
Joy Todd
Extras Casting
Jery Hewitt
Stunts
Anna Boorstin
Sound Editor
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Electrician
Adam Bernardi
Assistant Editor
Jane Paul
Second Second Assistant Director
Robert J. Litt
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Maslow
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Phil Neilson
Stunts
Francis J. McBride
Electrician
Randy Kelley
Sound Editor
Michael Russo
Stunts
Robert V. Girolami
First Assistant Director
Walter Stocklin
Property Master
Lon Bender
Supervising Sound Editor
Joe Gilbert
ADR Editor
Marshall Winn
Sound Editor
Victor Magnotta
Stunt Coordinator
Tom Wright
Stunts
Elliot Tyson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Hugo Weng
Sound Editor
Josh Weiner
Still Photographer
Jeb Brien
Music Supervisor
Daniel Allan Carlin
Music Editor
Wylie Stateman
Supervising Sound Editor
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Stunts
Edgard Mourino
Stunts
Jay Levy
Second Assistant Camera
Norman Buck
Key Grip
John Murray
Assistant Editor
Danny Aiello III
Stunts
Michael Green
First Assistant Camera
Tommy Mottola
Music Supervisor
Peck Prior
Assistant Editor
Lucius Barre
Unit Publicist
Gary Tacon
Stunts
Jack Coffen
Electrician
Michael Stone
Camera Operator
B.J. Bjorkman
Script Supervisor
David Foster
Original Music Composer
Charles Croughwell
Stunt Double
Boris Blank
Original Music Composer
Joseph M. Caracciolo
Line Producer
Fern Buchner
Makeup Artist
Susan Bode Tyson
Set Decoration
Joseph G. Aulisi
Costume Design
Joseph Coscia
Hairstylist
Peter S. Larkin
Production Design
Nora Kaye
Associate Producer
Edward Pisoni
Production Design
Backdrops & Posters
